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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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The following table shows the work carried out during the year under the Factories Acts,
1937 and 1948:-
FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948.
Part I

Table: 1.- INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

1.- INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
(i) Factories in which Sections 1,2,3,4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities.861481-
(ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority.86061227_
(iii) Other Premises in Which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises)----
TOTAL94676028-

Table: 2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases".)

2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases".)

ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
FoundRemediedReferred
To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
Want of cleanliness (S.1)11-1-
Overcrowding (S.2)-----
Unreasonable temperature (S.3)-----
Inadequate ventilation (S.4)-----
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6)-----
Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) -(a) Insufficient44-3-
(b) Unsuitable or defective4848-6-
(c) Not separate for sexes-----
Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork)-----
TOTAL5353-10-